Officials determine starting point, damage amount in Tuesday fire

Wednesday

Authorities say the cause of a Tuesday fire remains undetermined, but they now know its starting point.

Authorities say the cause of a Tuesday fire remains undetermined, but they now know its starting point.

At about 12:10 p.m. Tuesday, a fire was reported at the Azalea Gardens Apartments on Gum Branch Road. Approximately 20 minutes later, the fire was put out with no injuries reported.

According to Jacksonville Fire Marshal John Reed, the investigation lead to the closet of an upstairs unit as the source of the fire, which displaced 17 residents.

Reed said the estimated cost of the fire is approximately $208,671 with an estimated loss of $69,557 to the building's contents and $139,114 to the building itself respectively.

According to Azalea Gardens Apartments, some residents displaced by the fire will move into vacant apartments across the street from their former building, though the final count of residents moving into new apartments has not been finalized as of late Wednesday.

The cause of the fire is still undetermined as of Wednesday and Reed said investigation into the fire is still on-going.

Christopher Thomas is a staff writer for the Daily News. To contact him, send an e-mail to christopher.thomas@jdnews.com.

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